Arawacus tadita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Arawacus
Species: Arawacus tadita

Arawacus tadita (Hewitson, [1877]).

Type locality: Brazil.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH images.

Thecla tadita Hewitson, [1877]: 208, pl.83, figs 698,699.
Thecla datitia Jones, 1912: 901, pl.97, fig. 15. Brazil, Parana. BMNH. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 123. images.
Arawacus tadita (Hewitson); Bridges, 1994: VIII.451; Robbins, 2000: 168; Lamas, 2004: 123.

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Jones, E.D. 1912. Descriptions of new Butterflies of the Genus Thecla from S.E. Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912(4): 896–902, 1 pl. text, plate. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Robbins, R. K., 2000. The new world hairstreak genus Arawacus Kaye (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102(1): 162-169. Archive. Reference page.